Unemployment Rate in Sussex County, DE
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.3%
Rank #2,206/3,222 · #2 in DE
32th
Sussex 5.3%
DE 5.1% +4.7%
US 5.3% +0.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Sussex County's unemployment rate of 5.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Sussex County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,203 | Morgan County, CO | 5.3% |
| #2,204 | Columbia County, FL | 5.3% |
| #2,205 | Hernando County, FL | 5.3% |
| #2,206 | Sussex County, DE | 5.3% |
| #2,207 | Lewis County, WA | 5.3% |
| #2,208 | Mercer County, PA | 5.3% |
| #2,209 | Osage County, OK | 5.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Sussex County, Delaware has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, ranking #2,206 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Delaware, it ranks #2 of 3. This places it in the 32th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.